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HANGAR!

The title needs to be ammended aswel!

There isn't such thing as a Belfast hangar, they are General Service Sheds, many of which utilise a 'Belfast' truss roof construction.
They are 170 ft long by 100ft wide or about 210ft on the more common coupled version.

Sorry for the mistake about the Belfast hangar. It was just one of the bods at Hendon called it that, but what do they know?

He did not know how big it was, and I did not have a tape handy. I'm trying to make models of these WWII hangar types, and although I've got loads of pics, I've not had any dimensions, so thanks for that.

Thanks daveg4otu for the link to that site. It's just what I was looking for.

They do tend to get called Belfast sheds, but that does refer to the lattice roof construction in most of them, which was devised in and marketed by a Belfast company.
I'm hoping REF will be along soon with more detailed dimensions as he has undertaken full surveys of these GS Sheds.
Ther are a few variations, the earlier type having an 80 ft clear span, the latter type a 100 ft, also the door supports and other detail varies. door height seems to be 20 to 25 ft.
Duxfords are probably the easiest to access for most people.

I don't know if you know this, but you can measure hangars from Google Earth, gives a close guide, but not perfect.

Harrap's Shorter Dictionnaire Français/Anglais translates hangar as "shed, shelter; (grand) warehouse; (pour les trains, bus, etc) depot" as well as "(av) hangar". Around here, in western France, the word is used to describe a large agricultural building, usually steel or wooden framed and clad, often used for storage of hay and straw, which is not a grange (generally a brick or stone built barn) or is not used for a specific animal husbandry purpose - such as an étable (cow shed), porcherie (pigsty) or écurie (stable for horses).

Harrap's Shorter Dictionnaire Français/Anglais translates hangar as "shed, shelter; (grand) warehouse; (pour les trains, bus, etc) depot" as well as "(av) hangar". Around here, in western France, the word is used to describe a large agricultural building, usually steel or wooden framed and clad, often used for storage of hay and straw, which is not a grange (generally a brick or stone built barn) or is not used for a specific animal husbandry purpose - such as an étable (cow shed), porcherie (pigsty) or écurie (stable for horses).

There are buildings on the waterfront at Antwerp which are labeled 'Hangar 1' etc.